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FX Networks Partners with Comcast to Launch a New Television Service on September 5th

[August 07, 2017]

FX Networks Partners with Comcast to Launch a New Television Service on September 5th

Comcast (News - Alert) and FX Networks will launch FX+, a new service that will allow
Xfinity TV subscribers to upgrade to a platform featuring
commercial-free current seasons of every FX and FXX original series and
every season of many current and legacy library titles of FX originals,
it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks and FX
Productions and Matt Strauss, Executive Vice President and General
Manager, Video and Entertainment Services, Comcast Cable.

FX+ will launch on September 5th and Xfinity TV customers can
add the new service to their video package for $5.99 per month. In
addition to offering complete in-season stacking rights to all of its
current original series commercial free, FX Networks is now the first
ad-supported cable portfolio to offer all seasons of the majority of its
original series library, including award-winning and acclaimed hits such
as American Horror Story, Damages, It's Always Sunny in
Philadelphia, The League, Legion, Louie, Nip/Tuck,
Rescue Me, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy and Terriers.
FX+ will feature more than 1100 episodes of award-winning and acclaimed
original programs spanning the past 15 years. Due to the number of
episodes in the FX Networks library, the shows will be rolled out over a
period of time and it is expected that the complete FX+ roster will be
available in 2018. FX+ subscribers will be able to access the FX+
content via Xfinity On Demand, the Xfinity Stream app and website, and
FXNOW. In the future, FX+ will also offer select series in 4K as well as
temporary downloads of current season episodes.

"This is an exciting day for FX Networks, because it represents the next
step in building a consumer experience as good as our original
programming brand," said Landgraf. "We have been diligent about
recapturing the in-season stacking rights for all current original
programming and recapturing the rights to all seasons of a large portion
of our legacy of great original series. Since changing the course of
basic cable TV with The Shield, over the past 15 years FX amassed
a roster of dramas, comedies and limited series that is unequalled in
ad-supported television - and in quality and breadth has few rivals
anywhere. This initiative represents the first of its kind for an
ad-supported cable network, and begins to put us on equal footing with
premium networks and streaming services. We appreciate our partnership
with Matt Strauss and everyone at Comcast who had the vision to support
the creation and launch of FX+, which adds significant value for Comcast
and its subscribers."

Over the past three years, FX Networks has won more Emmy®
Awards than Netflix and Amazon combined. In 2016, FX set a basic cable
record with 56 Emmy nominations and it won 18 Emmy Awards, which was
second only to HBO (22) and double the total of Netflix. This year FX
won more Golden Globe® Awards than any network including HBO.
Since 2014, FX has earned 196 Emmy nominations and won 34 Emmys.

"FX has built a brand known for high-quality, award-winning original
content and we are pleased to partner with John Landgraf and the team at
FX to offer premium experiences like FX+ to Xfinity TV customers, and
explore what it means to be a network in the future," said Strauss. "Our
innovative platforms and technology enable us to collaborate with our
partners to experiment with new ways to super-serve our customers,
provide them with more choice and access to new content and experiences,
and continue to add value to the Xfinity TV subscription."

FX+ is an upgrade option for Xfinity TV customers to add to their
existing FX subscriptions. Xfinity TV customers can upgrade to FX+ via
their Xfinity set-top boxes, xfinitytv.com or by calling 1-800-Xfinity.

Listed below are the series that will be available to FX+ subscribers on
demand and commercial-free (*denotes continuing series, and the number
of seasons and episodes are included in parenthesis):

FX Networks is comprised of the networks FX, FXX and FXM and the video
on-demand app FXNOW. FX, the flagship general entertainment basic cable
channel of the Fox Networks Group (FNG), was launched in June of 1994
and is carried in 90 million homes. The diverse schedule features
critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series including The
Americans, The Strain, Taboo, Legion and Snowfall;
critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit limited series including American
Horror Story, Fargo, American Crime Story, FEUD and
the upcoming Trust; acclaimed hit comedy series including the
award-winning Louie, Baskets, Better Things and Atlanta.
In 2016, FX received a basic cable record 56 Emmy® Award
nominations and a basic cable record 18 wins, including 9 for The
People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. FXX, the newest
network, launched in September 2013 and is carried in 85 million homes.
Geared towards a young adult audience, the schedule features original
series, movies, and acquired series. The channel is anchored by the
acclaimed hit comedies It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the Emmy®
Award winning comedy series Archer, You're the Worst and
the upcoming untitled Marvel's Deadpool animated comedy series.
FXX is also the exclusive cable home to The Simpsons, the
longest-running comedy in TV history. FXM was launched in October of
1994 and is now carried in 56 million homes. Its schedule features
classic films during the day (FXM Retro), and contemporary box office
hits and acclaimed, award-winning films in the evening, as well as
short-form award-winning original programming.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology
company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal.
Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed internet,
and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand,
and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides
wireless and security and automation services to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and
sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for
more information.